Mr. Herlihy's primary areas of practice are energy, natural resource law and general business acquisitions. He has more than 30 years of experience assisting clients in these areas.

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Education

• University of Virginia, B. A., with honors, 1977
• University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1981

Experience

• Negotiating and documenting the acquisition and sale of businesses and related assets for natural gas, coal and land companies
• Representing lenders and borrowers in loan and other financial transactions related to the natural gas, coal, timber, and land holding businesses
• Negotiating and preparing natural gas and coal supply agreements
• Negotiating and preparing oil and gas and coal lease agreements
• Negotiating and preparing timber sale agreements, timber harvesting contracts, and forestry management agreements
• Negotiating and preparing master services, transportation, drilling, loading and other natural resource service agreements
• Negotiating and preparing easements, licenses, rights-of-way, wheelage and other natural resource land use agreements
• Representing oil and gas and coal companies for contract disputes in either an arbitration or civil litigation forum
• Representing land holding companies for contractual disputes in either an arbitration or civil litigation forum
• Negotiating and preparing pipeline operating and management agreements
• Representing vendors for equipment and services in the natural resource industry
• Providing real property/title services to natural resource companies
• Representing natural resource industry companies in permitting disputes with regulatory agencies
• Defending natural resource industry participants in enforcement actions and penalty assessments with regulatory agencies
• Law Clerk to the Honorable John A. Field, Jr., Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1981 - 1982

Distinctions

• BV® Distinguished™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell for 25 years
• Named the Best Lawyers^® 2019 "Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Natural Resources Law in Charleston, W.Va.
• Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Corporate Law, Energy Law and Natural Resources Law
• Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Natural Resources Law
• Recognized by West Virginia Super Lawyers for Energy & Natural Resources and Business/ Corporate Law
• JD Supra Readers' Choice Top Author, Energy Law, 2018-2021
• St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Society
• Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• West Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Memberships

• West Virginia Bar Association
• Kanawha County Bar Association
• Trustee, Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
• Governor Wise's Energy Task Force